Improvement in stoves



r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HAMEL, OF ABINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT INv STOVES.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,525, dated October 22.1861.

To all whom/fit mayconcern:

Be it. known that I, GEORGE lIAMEL,of

. Abington, in the county ot' Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stoves; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference beparts when fi-aking the re from escaping into theroom in which the stoveislocatedby causing it to be conducted over the top ot`- the hre to the direct-draft o r chimney flue.

In the drawings, A is the dust-chamber permanently attached to the f ront of aeooking-stove B, of which latterc is the tiregrate; d, the ashfspace; e, the direct-draftflue, andfthe hearth.

The cliamberA is formed by constructing the front plate of the stove to extend outward, so as to produce around the front of the grate c, ash-space d, and draf t-entrances a close chamberA, communicating` by an adjustable opening g, damper h, and door yz` with lthe interior-and exterior of the stove, so that the draftair may be directed either through the fire in the usuallnanner or over its upper surface,A carrying with it the ash. dust which arises in raking the tire, or to cut` off' the tire-draft, as occasion vmay require. Part ot the vfror'x-t plate of the said chamberA isl in this instance inclined toward the top of the stove B, the slide-openingg'and damper hbeing at the upper and the door z' at the lower part of the same, as seen in the drawings.` The part k, which is between the said slide 'and door, is made with a series of openings of an ornamental. character fitted or closed with micaplates', so that the light of the grate-tire may be seer through them. This middle part of the plate may be either fixed or made removable, so as to allow o't' the' introduction into the chamber A of meat or other articles of food that may require to be cooked in front of the grate c.

Beneath thedoor i an ash-drawerl is adjusted to slide in and out beneath the grate to receive and convey the coarse ashes and cinders.

The damper 7L is adapted to slide upon a fixed plate h in the chamber, so asto enable 'the/operator to either open or close commuash-dust up over the top of the tire, through the damper-opening, into the direct flue e, and so prevent the escape of any ash-dust into the room. Therakingbeingtinished,theoperator pushes back the damper 71, so as to cause the air-draft. to be directed through the fire in the usual manner. To keep the fire over night, the door 'i is intended to be closed and the slide g opened, so as to produce a moderate .flow of air over the top of theiire only, as heretofore in stoves provided with a slide-opening opposite to the direct tine.

Having thus fully described my improvement and shown.its utility, what I claim as new therein of my invention, and desire to se-' cure by Letters Patent, isw

The application of a permanently fixed dust-chamber A to the grate-front of a stove, the said chamber being open to the ash-space below and being provided at its upper part with an adjust-able opening g and a damperh and at its lower part with a door z', the whole being constructed and arranged to operate substantially in the manner described and set forth, and for the purpose specified. GEORGE HAMEL.A

Witnesses:

BENJ. MoRIsoN, HOWARD KIRKJ,` 

